William Joshua Rowley 6th Bt. (1891 - 1971)

Born 15 Apr 1891 in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Lt.-Col. Sir William Joshua Rowley, 6th Bt. was born on 15 April 1891, the son of Lt.-Col. Sir George Charles Erskine Rowley, 3rd Bt. and Amy Isabel Batt. He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Lancashire Fusiliers.

He married, firstly, Beatrice Gwendoline Kirby, daughter of Reverend Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith-Dorrien, on 17 December 1917 and they had the following known children:

1. Avice Gwendoline Rowley b. 14 May 1920
2. Sir Charles Robert Rowley, 7th and 8th Bt. b. 15 Mar 1926, d. 11 May 2008
3. Joshua Christopher Rowley b. 10 Sep 1928

He and Beatrice Gwendoline Kirby were divorced in 1940.

He married, secondly, Margaret Sheila Camp, daughter of Harold Camp, on 27 November 1940 and they had the following known children:

1. Felicity Margaret Rowley b. 28 Feb 1945
2. Prudence Elizabeth Rowley b. 25 Dec 1951

He fought in the Second World War.

He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Rowley, of Hill House, co. Berks [U.K., 1836] on 8 August 1953.

He died on 11 November 1971 at age 80.

Sources

• 1901 Census: "1901 England Census"
  Class: RG13; Piece: 936; Folio: 76; Page: 8; ED, institution, or vessel: 11; Household schedule number: 47
  Ancestry Record 7814 #6467369 (accessed 5 April 2024)
  William J Rowley (9) pupil in household of Sophia L White (65) in Hove in Steyning registration district in Sussex, England. Born in Brighton, Sussex, England.
• https://thepeerage.com/p31635.htm#i316350 citing Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, Volume 3 pg 3423.